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W. H. WILDER.

WIOK TUBE FOR OIL BURNE'RS. No. 354,367. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTOR Y8.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. VVILDER, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN OIL STOVE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WlCK-TUBE FOR OIL-BIURNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,367, dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed DccemborIlO, 1885. Serial No. 187,087. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. WILDER, of Gardner, in the county of lVorcest-er and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved ViclcTube for Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a novel construction of wick-tube and to an arrangement of wickraisers, wherebythe wicksniay be'uniformly raised throughout their width, the wick-tube being so constructed as not to be injuriously affected by the heat to which it is necessarily subjected.

The invention consists more particularly of a peculiar and novel arrangement for the support of the spindles of the wick-raisers and of an arrangement whereby the intermeshing gears carried by said spindles are inclosed and protected.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved wiclc tube, a portion of the casing being cut away to disclose the interior construction. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same, and Fig.3 isasectional plan view taken on line 00 x of Fig.1.

The wick-chamber Ais of ordinary construction, except that in each side plate, B, there is formed a recess, D, within which the wickraisers G are mounted, said raiser-s, as usual,

- consisting of a shaft, 01, upon which there are mounted wick-raising wheels b Z). Upon each end of the plates B, at the points where they are bent outward to form the recess D, the plates are bent up to formthe groove 0, within which there are placed head-pieces d d, and in these headpieces I form bearings for the shafts of the wiclcraisers. These. shafts project through the head (Z and carry intermeshing gears f f upon their projecting ends, from which construction it will be seen that the raising-wheels 1) maybe located in close proximity to the head-pieces. In order that the gear f f may be protected and the various parts forming the wick-chamber firmly united, I provide an inclosing-cap, g, which is fitted over the ridges t i, which are turned up to form the groove 0, the various parts being firmly clamped together, and such simple clamping is all that is actually necessary to hold the parts together; but, in order that a perfectly-tight jointmay be insured, I prefer to close the seam by solder.

Although I have described the chamber as being provided with two heads, d and d, it will of course be understood that the end closed by the head d could be closed in any other way desired, the main feature of 'theinvention being the arrangement of the head d, which acts as a bearing for the spindles of the wickraisers, and the arrangement of the gears f f outside of the head 0?, the parts being protected and bound together by-a cap, 9.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the side plates, B B, formed with the grooves c c, of a head-piece, d, in said grooves, the wick-raising spindles projecting through the head-piece, inter'rneshing gears on the said ends, and a cap, 9, inclosing said gears, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the side plates, B

i 12, forming grooves c c, the head-pieces d d in said grooves, the spindles a a, mounted in the heads and projecting through the head (1, the intermeshing gears f on the said ends, and the cap 9, fitted over the ridges i c and inclosing the gears, substantially as set forth.

3. In awick-chaniber, thecombination,with the side plates of the chamber, of ahead-piece, wick-raisers G 0, provided with gears f f, and a cap, 9, substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. VILDER.

\Vitnesses:

THATCHER B. DUNN, JULIAN P. DUNN.

' B, bent to form the recesses D D, and ridges 

